Furano Now: Friday 4th December 2015
- Dec 4, 2015
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 14, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 93cm
Posted on Friday 4th December 2015 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
Temperature was -1C at 8am when I stumbled out to check. There was about a 2 millimitre dusting evident. I bought a new thermometre (having destroyed two so far this season). My new thermometer is very clever and told me at 8am the relative humidity was 80%.
At that time it was sunny but since about 10am snow has been falling at a steady clip. It would be bucketing down at the resort. I am keen to head home at lunchtime and check what my hygrometer reads during snowfall.
While we are discussing the finer points of accuracy, I am titivating my snow depth to match the resort's. So even though the snow is piling up as I type, I will adjust it down to 50cm now. Yesterday's rains would have knocked some off my estimate anyway.
There is no wind today, which makes for very floaty dry Central Hokkaido snow.
The forecast for today and the three days following is basically snow with breaks in the snow. Looks like we may not see the sun until Tuesday. But it's the weather so let's all stay tuned.
And Furano is pretty good at turning out at least a sunny morning.
Furano Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Friday 4th December 2015 Total snowfall at base 93cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (25th and 28th November) November 2015 snowfall 77cm reported on 6 days December 2015 snowfall 16cm reported on 3 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Furano. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.